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Episode 979
We all need to find emotional equivalents to our intellectual understandings if our spiritual practice is to progress. Here Sangharakshita talks abo…
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Altruistic Joy
Episode 978
If our metta is strong enough, it will become mudita, altruistic joy for others. Concise and essential, Satyaraja draws out practical and profound as…
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Renunciation of False Refuges
Episode 978
This introductory talk by Dhammadinna is an ideal entry point to the world of the mind-turnings. Seen as foundations for the building of practice, t…
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Extending the Refuges
Episode 977
Ratnaprabha describes Nagarjuna's Five Great Stages of Spiritual Development as expounded in 'The Precious Garland' on leading the spiritual life. R…
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Sangha as Ideal Way of Human Relating
Episode 976
Padmakumara tells the story of three monks living together in harmony like milk and water.
Excerpted from the talk I Read the News Today, Oh Boy gi…
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A Vision of Humanity
Episode 975
Exposing a modern disease of frustrated craving for experience, Sangharakshita suggests that spiritual life is better seen in more concrete ways; as…
4 years, 4 months ago
Loosening Boundaries
Episode 974
What is another person? Vijayamala helps us to see how our assumptions impact our ability to see others clearly. Creating spaces for things to unfol…
4 years, 5 months ago
Changingness: All There Is
Episode 973
At the heart of the spiral path is conditioned co-production which at heart means "changingness". This "changingness" can be creative (leading to mor…
4 years, 5 months ago
Mindfulness of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
Episode 972
Using metaphors from the Bodhicaryavatara, Bodhinaga draws out how mindfulness can transform our lives, both as a defence against negative, reactive …
4 years, 5 months ago
Another Dimension of Experience
Episode 971
Getting to a refuge is essential to liberation, and it needs to be something beyond our present understanding. Akashadevi describes the process of d…
4 years, 5 months ago